International Field Studies: Human Power at Work

When a group of 14 students signed up for an International Field Studies trip to the Dominican Republic for Reading Week, building foot-powered irrigation pumps to help boost the development of the greenhouse industry was not part of their original itinerary. Fuelled by a desire to help others however, the group decided that they wanted to help make a difference. Hear from Environment and Horticulture professor Bill MacDonald who led the trip and spearheaded the initiative to build treadle pumps to bring to the Dominican Republic, as well as from students – many from the college’s Greenhouse Technician program – who embraced the idea and worked to make it happen.